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E on the plane-tree, and then seated herself, for the

last time, on the bench under its shade, where she had so often sat with

her parents, and where, only a few hours before, she had conversed

with Valancourt, at the reled

sensation of esteem, tenderness and anxiety rose in her breast With

this remembrance occurred a recollection of his late confession--that he

had often wandered near her habitation in the night, having even passed

the boundary of the garden, and it iht be at thishim,

particularly after the declaration he had ht so reasonably bestow, if it was known,

that she was met by her lover, at this hour, made her instantly leave

her beloved plane-tree, and walk towards the chateau She cast an

anxious eye around, and often stopped for a moment to examine the

shadowy scene before she ventured to proceed, but she passed on without